Bracket.



No. 800,527. PATENTED SEPT. 26, 1905.

W. L. WILLING.

BRACKET.

APPLICATION FIL'ED APR. 20, 1905.

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BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.-

Patented Sept. 26, 1905.

Application tiled April 20, 1905. Serial Nu. 256.564.

To rtl/f wiz/0712, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. VILLING, a citizen of the United States,residing' at Bellevue, in the county of Huron and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Brackets; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in scaold-brackets, the objectbeing to provide an improved bracket of this character which isexceedingly strong and durable and which is adapted when not in use tobe compactly folded; and my invention consists in the construction,combination, and arrangement of devices hereinafter described andclaimed.

In. the accompanying draWingsFigure 1 is a side elevation of ascaffold-bracket embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a top plan view ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional viewtaken on the plane indicated by the line 4 4 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 is anelevation of my improved bracket, showing the same folded. Fig. 6 is adetail perspective View of the strain-bar.

My improved scaEold-bracket comprises a staging-bar 1, a strain-bar Q,and a brace-bar 3. The staging-bar and brace-bar are made of L-shapedangle metal, preferably steel. rIhe side web 4 of the staging-bar isprovided near its outer end on its under side with a notch 5, which isinclined as shown. It also has a screw-threaded opening 6 for thereception of a thumb-screw 7. At the inner end of the staging-bar itsupper web is bent to form a pivotal opening' 8. The strain-bar 2 is madeof sheet or plate metal, preferably steel of suitable thickness, and thesame is recessed at its upper and lower ends, as at 9 10, and bent toform openings 11 12. The sides of the strain-bar are notched at points asuitable distance from the lower end thereof to form triangularly-shapedpoints 13, which are bent rearwardly from the strainbar and are adaptedto engage the wall against which the scaffold-bracket is placed toprevent the bracket from slipping sidewise. The openings 10 at the upperend of the strainbar register with the opening 8 at the inner end of thestaging-bar, and a hanger 14, which forms a pivot, has its intermediateportion inserted in the said openings, its end portions 15 being bentinwardly and upwardly, as shown. Said hanger serves as a pintle toconnect the staging-bar to the upper end of the strain-bar. so that theymay be folded together. The brace-bar 3 has its outer web 30 bent at,its lower end to form an opening 16, which is placed between andregisters with the openings 12 in the strain-bar, and a pivot pin orbolt 17 is placed in said registering openings, so that the lower end ofthe bracebar is pivotally connected to the lower end of the strain-bar.The outer web of the bracebar, at the upper end thereof, is providedwith a notch 18 to coincide with the notch 5, so that the outer end ofthe staging-bar may be engaged by the outer upper end of the bracebar todetachably loc k them together. The thumb-screw 7 when the brace andstaging bars are thus mutually engaged is inserted in screw-threadedopenings 19 and 6 and serves to lock the said brace and staging barstogether, so that they cannot become casually detached. When the saidthumb-screw has been removed, the bracket may be folded compactly forstorage or transportation, as shown in Fig. 5.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A scafold-bracket comprising a stagingbar, a brace-bar and astrain-bar, said staging and brace bars being formed of angle metal andhaving their inner ends respectively pivotally connected to the upperand lower ends of the strain-bar, the lower -web of the staging-barhaving a notch in its lower side and the outer web of the strain-barhaving a notch in its upper end to engage that of the staging-bar todetachably secure the upper end of the brace-bar to the stage-bar nearthe outer end of the latter, the upper end of the outer end of thebrace-bar bearing against the under side of the upper horizontal web ofthe staging-bar when the staging and brace bars are thus connectedtogether.

2. A scaffold-bracket comprising a strainbar having openings in itsupper and lower ends and notches in its upper and lower ends IOO IOS

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between said openings, a staging-bar of -angle rnetal having a verticaland a horizontal web, the latter being' bent at its inner end to lforman opening disposed between the open ings in the upper end of thestrain-bar, a

pivot in said openings, pivotally connectingv the staging-bar to theupper end of the strain-bar, a brace-bar of angle-iron having an outerweb and a side web, the former being` extended at the inner end of thebracebar and bent to form an opening, said opening being' disposedbetween the openings in nesses.

' WlLLIAM L. VVILLING. Witnesses: E C; A. WILT, CAssm DAY.

